D. H. RAMSEY LIBRARY

Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records

TICITY COUNCIL, 1955-2007

Year

Position

Name

1955 Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney Robert M. Wells
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council Walter I Abernathy
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council Robert I. Presley
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan
  Note: Walter I. Abernathy resigned September 19, 1955 and William F Algary was appointed to fill his unexpired term, on September 22, 1955.  Robert I. Presley resigned February 7, 1957 and Carter M. Preslar was appointed to fill his unexpired term on February 7, 1957.

1957

Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney Robert M. Wells
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council William F. Algary
  Council Carter M. Preslar
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan
  Note: Robert W. Wells resigned effective January 3, 1959.  O. E. Starnes Jr. was appointed to fill his place.

1959

Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney O. E. Starnes Jr.
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council Willam F. Algary
  Council Carter M. Preslar
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan

1961

Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney O. E. Starnes Jr.
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council William F. Algary
  Council Carter M. Preslar
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan
  Note: Carter M. Preslar resigned effective November 1, 1961.  Ralph D. Morris Sr. was elected November 1, 1961 and sworn in November 6, 1961.

1963

Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney O. E. Starnes Jr.
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council William F. Algary
  Council Ralph D. Morris Sr.
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan

1965

Mayor Earl W. Eller
  City Manager Weldon Weir
  City Attorney O. E. Starnes Jr.
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council Frank M. Mulvaney
  Council J. W. McRary
  Council William F. Algary
  Council Theodore B. Sumner
  Council Clarence E. Morgan
  Council Dr. Robert P. Crouch
  Note: Weldon Weir retired September 3, 1968 and Phin. E. Horton III was appointed to fill his place.

1969

Mayor Wayne S. Montgomery
  City Manager Phin. E. Horton III
  City Attorney Robertson Wall
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons
  Council Webster Anderson
  Council Henry E. Colton
  Council Ruben J. Dailey
  Council Barbara C. Keleher
  Council Robert P. Crouch
  Council Luke Atkinson
  Note: James N. Golding was appointed City Attorney May 29, 1969.

1971

Mayor Richard A. Wood Jr.
  Vice-Mayor Calvin W. Marshall
  City Manager Phin. E. Horton III, Ernest J. Ward Jr.
  City Attorney James N. Golding, Robert J. Robinson
  City Clerk Margaret Simmons, William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council J. W. Hoyle
  Council Ralph D. Morris Jr.
  Council Ruben J. Dailey
  Council Henry E. Colton
  Council Eugene C. Ochsenreiter Jr.
  Note: Robert J. Robinson was appointed City Attorney on July 29, 1971.  Margaret Simmons retired on July 15, 1971.  William F. Wolcott Jr. was appointed Assistant City Manager/City Clerk July 15, 1971.  Ernest J. Ward Jr. was appointed City Manager September 1972.

1973

Mayor Richard A. Wood Jr.
  Vice-Mayor Calvin W. Marshall
  City Manager Ernest J. Ward Jr.
  City Attorney Robert J. Robinson, William C. Moore
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council J. W. Hoyle
  Council Ralph D. Morris Jr.
  Council Bill B. Horton
  Council Henry E. Colton
  Council Eugene C. Ochsenreiter Jr.
  Note: Robert J. Robinson resigned February 14, 1974.  William C. Moore appointed to fill his place February 14, 1974.

1975

Mayor Eugene C. Ochsenreiter
  Vice-Mayor Bill B. Horton
  City Manager Ernest J. Ward Jr.
  City Attorney William C. Moore
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Ralph D. Morris Jr.
  Council J. W. Hoyle
  Council Gene E. Rainey
  Council Otis B. Michael
  Council JoAnn M. Swilling
  Note: Ernest Ward resigned January 23, 1977.  K. M. Michalove was appointed Acting City Manager January 20, 1977 and appointed City Manager April 21, 1977.

1977

Mayor Roy M. Trantham
  Vice-Mayor Bill B. Horton
  City Manager Kenneth M. Michalove
  City Attorney William C. Moore
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Ralph D. Morris Jr.
  Council F. Jack Cole
  Council Gene E. Rainey
  Council Norma T. Price
  Council Otis B. Michael

1979

Mayor Roy M. Trantham
  Vice-Mayor Ralph D. Morris Jr.
  City Manager Kenneth M. Michalove
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council F. Jack Cole
  Council Walter R. Boland
  Council H. C. Wilkes
  Council Harold F. Brownlee

1981

Mayor Roy M. Trantham
  Vice-Mayor Norma Price
  City Manager Kenneth M. Michalove
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Mary Lloyd Frank
  Council Joe Pless
  Council Gordon S. Meyers
  Council Rev. H. C. Wilkes
  Council Larry McDevitt

1983

Mayor Larry McDevitt
  Vice-Mayor Wilhelmina Bratton
  City Manager Kenneth M. Michalove, Neil Creighton
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Norma Price
  Council Mary Lloyd Frank
  Council Walter Boland
  Council Gordon Meyers
  Council W. Louis Bissette
  Note: Kenneth M. Michalove resigned February 29, 1984.  Neil Creighton was appointed to fill his place October 1, 1984.

1985

Mayor W. Louis Bissette
  Vice-Mayor Mary Lloyd Frank
  City Manager Neil Creighton, William F. Wolcott Jr., Douglas Bean
  Council Wilhelmina Bratton
  Council Kenneth M. Michalove
  Council Walter Boland
  Council Norma Price
  Council George Tisdale

 

Note: Neil Creighton resigned October 1, 1985.  William F. Wolcott Jr. was appointed Acting City Manager as of October 1, 1985.  Douglas Bean was appointed Acting City Manager as of April 7, 1986.

1987

Mayor W. Louis Bissette
  Vice-Mayor Kenneth M. Michalove
  City Manager Douglas Bean
  Asst.  City Manager Charles W. Penny
  Assc. City Manager William F. Wolcott Jr.
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Wilhelmina Bratton
  Council Walter Boland
  Council Norma Price
  Council Mary Lloyd Frank
  Council Russell M. Martin

 

Council A. Robert York

1989

Mayor Kenneth M. Michalove
  Vice-Mayor William G. Moore
  City Manager Douglas Bean
  Asst. City Manager Charles W. Penny
  Assc. City Manager William F. Wolcott Jr.
  City Clerk William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Council Wilhelmina Bratton
  Council Eugene W. Ellison
  Council Willam W. Estes
  Council Mary Lloyd Frank
  Council Norma T. Price

1991

Mayor Kenneth M. Michalove
  Vice-Mayor Eugene W. Ellison
  City Manager Douglas Bean
  Asst. City Manager Charles W. Penny
  Assc. City Manager William F. Wolcott Jr.
  Chief of Police Gerald Beavers
  Council Barbara Field
  Council William G. Moore
  Council Chris J. Peterson
  Council Joseph Carr Swicegood
  Council Charles R. Worley

 

Note: Douglas Bean resigned December 1993.

1993

Mayor Russell M. Martin
  Vice-Mayor Chris J. Peterson
  City Manager William Farris, James Westbrook
  Asst. City Manager Douglas Spell
  Chief of Police Will Annarino
  Council Barbara Field
  Council Gary "Rock" McClure
  Council Leni Sitnick
  Council Joseph Carr Swicegood
  Council Herbert J. Watts
  Note: William Farris was interim City Manager.  James Westbrook was appointed August 1994.  Douglas Spell was appointed August 1995.  Will Annarino was appointed November 1993.

1995

Mayor Russell M. Martin
  Vice-Mayor Barbara Field
  City Manager James Westbrook
  Asst. City Manager Douglas Spell
  Chief of Police Will Annarino
  Council Edward Hay
  Council Jim Skalski
  Council Charles Worley
  Council Tommy Sellers
  Council Chuck Cloninger
  Note: This was the first non-partisan election.

1997

Mayor Leni Sitnick
  City Manager James Westbrook
  Asst. City Manager Douglas Spell
  Chief of Police Will Annarino
  Council Barbara Field
  Council Edward Hay
  Council Chuck Cloninger
  Council Tommy Sellers
  Council O. T. Tomes
  Council Earl Cobb

1999

Mayor Leni Sitnick
  Vice-Mayor Chuck Cloninger
  Council Barbara Field
  Council Edward Hay
  Council Brian Peterson
  Council Charles Worley
  Council Terry Whitmire Bellamy

2001

Mayor Charles Worley
  Council Brian Peterson
  Council Terry Whitmire Bellamy
  Council Joe Dunn
  Council Holly Jones
  Council Carl Mumpower

2003

Mayor Charles Worley
  Vice-Mayor Carl Mumpower
  Council Terry Whitmire Bellamy
  Council Jan Davis
  Council Joe Dunn
  Council Holly Jones
  Council Brownie Newman

2005

Mayor Terry Whitmire Bellamy
  Vice-Mayor Holly Jones
  City Manager Gary Jackson
  Chief of Police Bill Hogan
  Council Robin Cape
  Council Jan Davis
  Council Bryan Freeborn
  Council Carl Mumpower
  Council Brownie Newman

2007

Mayor Terry Whitmire Bellamy
  Vice-Mayor Jan Davis
  City Manager Gary Jackson
  Chief of Police Bill Hogan
  Council Robin Cape
  Council Holly Jones
  Council Bill Russell
  Council Carl Mumpower
  Council Brownie Newman

2009

Mayor Terry Whitmire Bellamy   
  Vice-Mayor Jan Davis
  City Manager Gary Jackson
  Chief of Police Bill Hogan
  Council Brownie Newman
  Council Bill Russell
  Council Cecil Bothwell
  Council Gordon Smith
  Council Esther Manheimer